Quietly Successful

In this episode of Quietly Successful I'm speaking with fellow introvert and empath, Leo Shallat from Seattle, Washington. Leo is an Artist, Designer and Muralist who once felt afraid to share his feelings for fear of being misunderstood. He discovered a love for painting, which became an incredible source of confidence that he could use to put a voice to his empathy. Leo shares with us some incredible insights about expressing your own unique talents and strengths.

In the podcast, Leo shares with us how his experience of feeling alienated or being an outsider started in public school where he struggled with traditional school structures. Without the tools that he now holds today, he suffered a lot of negative self-talk around the idea that he was stupid and was going to be a failure. While he became his worst own enemy, he did identify something within that gave him hope; an intuitive feeling or intelligence within that shared different insight, that he could thrive in the right nurtured environment.

Leo found that environment through the expression of his creativity through graffiti art. This gave him a vehicle of self-expression, which made it very clear to him that the path he was on was not going to involve a traditional office job. Not wanting to be confined by society's stigma of graffiti, he expanded his learnings and brought this into the realm of art. During university, he had the opportunity to take an internship at a screen printing studio. It's here where he had the realization that his creative passion could become a career.

Some key highlights include:

•The value of having a mentor on your journey;

•The importance of Inner listening, along with having outside sources to facilitate and guide you is imperative, it's challenging to do all on your own;

•Discover what is fun for you; fun is dramatically underrated in the world that we live in.Visit Leo's website and instagram links below:

•https://www.leoshallat.com/

•https://www.instagram.com/leo.shallat/

In this episode of Quietly Successful, I had the chance to speak with Transformative Life Coach, Author, and Speaker Sam Lee. Sam is the founder of Connect with Confidence, with a mission to help people who've experienced depression and anxiety as a result of online and offline bullying. Sam helps them connect with compatible, like-minded people, to find happiness within.

What happens when your life turns upside down after being told your job is being made redundant? Turn into the Quietly Successful Podcast to hear the inspirational story of Gunnar Habitz, who went from feeling disconnected to included, after starting a new life in a new country. In this interview, Gunnar shares his 'road-map' to help anyone re-bound from redundancy and develop a new life with confidence.

Phuong Phan is an International Speaker, Life Coach, a Passionate Free Spirit, and a Proud Introvert. In the podcast, Phuong shares her story of being an incredibly shy five-year-old child refugee from Vietnam. Phuong shares how growing up she felt uncomfortable under her skin, lacking self-confidence. Phuong reached the point of depression and suicidal anxiety until she reached the point that she knew she had to make major changes. Phuong is truly an inspirational human being and I have no doubt you'll get tremendous value from hearing her story.

Do you feel that you have a story to tell, but something stops you from making the commitment to write a book? In the second episode of the Quietly Successful Podcast, I'm talking with fellow introvert Jane Turner. Jane Turner is a gifted speaker, sought-after business consultant, and Certified Master Coach. She is the author of Thrive in Midlife, Weight Loss in Midlife, and Mindset for Authors: How to overcome procrastination, perfectionism and self-doubt.

Jane Turner shares her shyness story and tells of the pivotal moment she was made redundant at the age of 52. Jane describes the moment like she was being pushed out of a plane. What happened next is truly inspirational. Today, Jane is a perfect example of having found Quiet Success. She has well and truly broken up with shyness since having been featured in national television and magazines.

Here are some gold nuggets from the discussion:

•Once you transcend the smaller version of yourself, the bigger version can't be shoved back into the box.

•If you don't own it (your story), then it owns you.

•(We can) divest ourselves of all of those stories that we've played out... stopping that internal chatter about, 'You're not good enough. You're not one of those people. You're not one of those people who can be successful like that because you're too shy (or) Quiet. You're not confident enough.'

Resources:

writewithjane.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhk4N9A0oCA&t=151s

In this first episode of Quietly Successful, Joel shares his background of identifying as a shy person, and what he did to change this label and embrace a life of quiet confidence.